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Chemicool

Chemistry: Periodic Table and More

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Full of information on each individual element. Just click on the one you are researching and you will get all of the information you need from the general information all the way to cost of the element. Also contains video clips.
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Website
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Elements as Building Blocks

For Students 5th - 8th
Review the purpose of the periodic table and how it is designed.
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Interactive
Other

Dynamic Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Using this interactive Periodic Table of Elements, learners can view real-time data, dynamically change layouts, visualize trends, and see a 3-D view of orbitals. The names of elements are available in dozens of different languages....
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Handout
Amethyst Galleries

Amethyst Galleries: The Mineral Hematite

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents thorough geological data on the iron containing mineral hematite, with links to other iron containing minerals.
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Handout
Amethyst Galleries

Amethyst Galleries: The Mineral Native Antimony

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated and thorough resource presents geological information on antimony and minerals containing antimony.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: What's in the Box?

For Students 9th - 10th
Use your knowledge of groups and periods on the Periodic Table. When you are presented with three elements, pick the one that doesn't belong.
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Handout
Amethyst Galleries

Amethyst Galleries: Minerals: Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on Mercury.
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Website
Other

Periodic Table of Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive periodic table provides information about each of the elements. This is a very comprehensive site.
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Activity
Museum of Science

The Museum of Science: Gadget Anatomy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Museum of Science presents some compound machines and asks students to identify which simple machines they are composed of. Students provide their answer and receive immediate feedback.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Element Flash Cards

For Students 9th - 10th
Quiz yourself over the table of elements! The computer will give you an element and, depending on the selections you make below, you will have to supply the element's chemical name, chemical symbol or atomic number. Enter your answer...
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Interactive
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Element Word Scramble

For Students 6th - 8th
The computer will pick an element and then scramble the letters in its name. Once you think you have unscrambled the element's name, type the name into the text box and press the 'return' key on your keyboard. A clue is included to help...
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Interactive
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Element Matching Game

For Students 9th - 10th
The computer will give you a list of chemical symbols and a list of chemical names. Choose the chemical name that each chemical symbol represents. Press the 'Check my answers!' button after you have made your choices.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Atoms, Elements and Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on atoms and elements including what they are, the chemical symbols for elements, and the placement of elements on the periodic table. A link to a test is provided.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on early ideas about the structure of an atom including John Dalton's plum pudding model and Ernest Rutherford's nuclear model. A link to a test is provided.
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Handout
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: The Periodic Table Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the answers to several commonly asked questions about the periodic table. Find out why the first elements on the table are unusual and identify who Lothar Meyer is.
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Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: The Structure of the Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
A beginner's lesson to the structure of the elements. Quiz yourself on the basics of atomic structure for some of the common elements.
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Activity
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)

Educaplus: Ejercicios De Configuracion Electronica [In Spanish]

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive activity to put the correct number of electrons in the correct order. You can check your work at the end.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Matrix Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
Find specific elements (also called entries) of given matrices. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Handout
Wyzant

Wyzant: About the Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This website focuses on the common elements. It provides an alphabetical listing of each common element with its symbol, attributes, and location on the periodic table.
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Handout
Utah State Office of Education

Utah State Office of Education: How Did the Universe and Solar System Develop?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this unit to learn how the universe began. Through illustrations, videos, and classroom activities, gain an understanding of how stars help with the formation of elements.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses elements and their different properties, the history of elements, and how atoms relate to elements.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Solving the Puzzle of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Eric Rosado discusses the key people and discoveries having to do with the periodic table that have molded our understanding of chemistry today. [4:19]
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Science of Macaroni Salad: What's in a Molecule?

For Students 9th - 10th
Josh Kurz breaks macaroni salad down to its smallest chemical components. [3:14]
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Empirical Formula

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers empirical formula.